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14 U.S.C. § 311 — United States Coast Guard Band; composition; director
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**(a)** The United States Coast Guard Band shall be composed of a director and other personnel in such numbers and grades as the Secretary determines to be necessary.
**(b)** The Secretary may designate as the director any individual determined by the Secretary to possess the necessary qualifications. Upon the recommendation of the Secretary, an individual so designated may be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to a commissioned grade in the Regular Coast Guard.
**(c)** The initial appointment to a commissioned grade of an individual designated as director of the Coast Guard Band shall be in the grade determined by the Secretary to be most appropriate to the qualifications and experience of the appointed individual.
**(d)** An individual who is designated and commissioned under this section shall not be included on the active duty promotion list. He shall be promoted under [section 2126 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2126&num=0&edition=prelim). However, the grade of the director may not be higher than captain.
**(e)** The Secretary may revoke any designation as director of the Coast Guard Band. When an individual’s designation is revoked, his appointment to commissioned grade under this section terminates and he is entitled, at his option—
(1) to be discharged from the Coast Guard; or
(2) to revert to the grade and status he held at the time of his designation as director.
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**(a)** The United States Coast Guard Band shall be composed of a director and other personnel in such numbers and grades as the Secretary determines to be necessary.
**(b)** The Secretary may designate as the director any individual determined by the Secretary to possess the necessary qualifications. Upon the recommendation of the Secretary, an individual so designated may be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to a commissioned grade in the Regular Coast Guard.
**(c)** The initial appointment to a commissioned grade of an individual designated as director of the Coast Guard Band shall be in the grade determined by the Secretary to be most appropriate to the qualifications and experience of the appointed individual.
**(d)** An individual who is designated and commissioned under this section shall not be included on the active duty promotion list. He shall be promoted under [section 2126 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2126&num=0&edition=prelim). However, the grade of the director may not be higher than captain.
**(e)** The Secretary may revoke any designation as director of the Coast Guard Band. When an individual’s designation is revoked, his appointment to commissioned grade under this section terminates and he is entitled, at his option—
(1) to be discharged from the Coast Guard; or
(2) to revert to the grade and status he held at the time of his designation as director.
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**(a) Unmanned System Program.—** Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall establish, under the control of the Commandant, an unmanned system program for the use by the Coast Guard of land-based, cutter-based, and aircraft-based unmanned systems for the purpose of increasing effectiveness and efficiency of mission execution.
**(b) Autonomous Control and Computer Vision Technology Project.—**
(1) **In general.—** — The Commandant shall conduct a project to retrofit up to 4 existing Coast Guard small boats deployed at operational units with—
(A) commercially available autonomous control and computer vision technology; and
(B) such sensors and methods of communication as are necessary to control, and technology to assist in conducting, search and rescue, surveillance, and interdiction missions.
(2) **Data collection.—** — As part of the project required under paragraph (1), the Commandant shall collect and evaluate field-collected operational data from the retrofit described in such paragraph to inform future requirements.
(3) **Briefing.—** — Not later than 180 days after the date on which the project required under paragraph (1) is completed, the Commandant shall provide to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a briefing in person or in writing on the project that includes an evaluation of the data collected from the project.
**(c) Unmanned System Defined.—** In this section, the term “unmanned system” means—
(1) an unmanned aircraft system (as such term is defined in [section 44801 of title 49](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section44801&num=0&edition=prelim
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Any officer, including any petty officer, may be designated by the Commandant as captain of the port or ports or adjacent high seas or waters over which the United States has jurisdiction, as the Commandant deems necessary to facilitate execution of Coast Guard duties.
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**(a) In General.—** In accordance with Federal trust responsibilities and treaty obligations, laws, and policies relevant to Indian Tribes and in support of the principles of self-determination, self-governance, and co-management with respect to Indian Tribes, and to support engagement with Native Hawaiians, there shall be in the Coast Guard a Special Advisor to the Commandant for Tribal and Native Hawaiian Affairs (in this section referred to as the “Special Advisor”), who shall—
(1) be selected by the Secretary and the Commandant through a competitive search process;
(2) have expertise in Federal Indian law and policy, including government-to-government consultation;
(3) to the maximum extent practicable, have expertise in legal and policy issues affecting Native Hawaiians; and
(4) have an established record of distinguished service and achievement working with Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations.
**(b) Career Reserved Position.—** The position of Special Advisor shall be a career reserved position at the GS–15 level or greater.
**(c) Duties.—** The Special Advisor shall—
(1) ensure the Federal government upholds the Federal trust responsibility and conducts consistent, meaningful, and timely government-to-government consultation and engagement with Indian Tribes, which shall meet or exceed the standards of the Federal Government and the Coast Guard;
(2) ensure meaningful and timely engagement with—
(A) Native Hawaiian organizations; and
(B) Tribal organizations;
(3) advise the Commandant on all policies of the Coast Guard that have Tribal implications in accordance with applicable law and policy, including Executive Orders;
(4) work to ensure that the policies of the Federal Government regarding consultation and eng
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Officers who are not included on the active duty promotion list may be promoted under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary. These regulations shall, as to officers serving in connection with organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or training the reserve components and as to officers designated by the Secretary pursuant to this section, provide as nearly as practicable, that such officers will be selected and promoted in the same manner and will be afforded equal opportunity for promotion as officers of the corresponding grade on the active duty promotion list.
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TITLE 14—COAST GUARD
§ 312
Homeland Security and the Commandant, is re-
sponsible for preparation, justification, and exe-
cution of the personnel, operation and mainte-
nance, and construction budgets for the Coast
Guard Reserve. As such, the Director of the
Coast Guard Reserve is the director and func-
tional manager of appropriations made for the
Coast Guard Reserve in those areas.
(e) ANNUAL
REPORT.—The Director of the
Coast Guard Reserve shall submit to the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security and the Secretary
of Defense an annual report on the state of the
Coast Guard Reserve and the ability of the Coast
Guard Reserve to meet its missions. The report
shall be prepared in conjunction with the Com-
mandant and may be submitted in classified and
unclassified versions.
(Added Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title V, § 557(a),
Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 619, § 53; amended Pub. L.
107–296, title XVII, § 1704(a), Nov. 25, 2002, 116
Stat. 2314; renumbered § 309, Pub. L. 115–282, title
I, § 104(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4196.)
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 309, acts Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat.
519; Aug. 3, 1950, ch. 536, § 11, 64 Stat. 407, authorized re-
tirement of warrant officers with grade of commis-
sioned warrant officer in case of special commendation,
prior to repeal by Pub. L. 86–155, § 10(a)(1), (b), Aug. 11,
1959, 73 Stat. 338, effective Nov. 1, 1959, and by Pub. L.
88–130, § 1(10)(A), Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 177.
AMENDMENTS
2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 53 of this
title as this section.
2002—Subsecs. (b)(3), (d), (e). Pub. L. 107–296 sub-
stituted ‘‘of Homeland Security’’ for ‘‘of Transpor-
tation’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2002 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 107–296 ef
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